This paper develops a framework of analysis that allows a more complete explanation of the role of law in moulding the changing Nile Basin regime, from the nineteenth-century treaties to newly created institutions, such as the Nile Basin Initiatives (NBI), Declaration of Principles (DoP) on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) (including the Khartoum Documents) and the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA):
The paper analyzes the implications of a variety of filling approaches of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on outlet management and dam engineering.